Naunet

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Naunet in hieroglyphics
Old empire
N35 M22 M22 X1 N1

Saïtenzeit
N35
O49
N1
X1 H8
B7

Gr.-Roman. time
W24 W24 W24
N1
N35A X1
O49

Naunet
Nwnt The Urflut
(underground)

Naunet is the ancient Egyptian goddess of the ancient sea of ​​the underworld and belonged to the Eighth of Hermopolis . She is the wife of the nun . In the Old Kingdom she was one of the four deities who were placed by the two great gods on the northern side of the late king ( Pharaoh ); her husband now sat opposite her on the south side. From the other pair of gods, Shu was responsible for the eastern and Tefnut for the western region.

Naunet is represented in the pyramid texts with the determinative of the subterranean area and understood as the source of all earthly waters, which together with the heavenly waters of Nun create a unity. Naunet thus also symbolizes the annual flood of the Nile , which creates new life.

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Individual evidence

  1. The hieroglyph
    N1
    is shown in the pyramid text as an inverted sky.